EU fines Poland EUR 12.5 million

The fine will have to be paid within four years and is the largest among the nine EU countries punished for similar actions. The Czech Republic is just after Poland and will have to pay EUR 12.3 million. The total sum which will have to be paid by the countries amounts to EUR41.1 million. During a press conference organized yesterday Andrzej Lepper was surprised with the sum. "I was ensured that the Commission will lower it to around EUR 6 million," he claimed. Meanwhile this sum is much lower than it was initially anticipated as two years ago when the EC estimated the fine to be around Zloty 139 million. (Rzeczpospolita S. B2)